EPISODES
Jay Baer *shortened*
Jay Baer knows that one of the best ways to grow a business is for your customers to do it for you. In this episode of AQ’s Blog & Grill, Jay shares where to start when building your “word of mouth” strategy.
Donna Litt
In this episode, Donna Litt talks about the ‘Why Not’ approach that has led her through much of her entrepreneurial career. Taking advantage of opportunities as they come and following your interests to see where they might lead. With Uvaro, Donna and her co-founders saw a hole within the tech industry and came up with a brilliant way to fill it. Learn all about Uvaro, their platform, what they do, and how they got to where they are today.
Mallorie Brodie
In this episode, Mallorie talks about the $24M CAD of Series B funding that the company has just secured as well as the importance of maintaining the mindset of a start-up. To always be innovating and looking for opportunities within the industry. Always learning is a crucial component to growing and scaling any business.
Communitech CEO Iain Klugman
In this episode, he joins AQ to reminisce on his career of building Communitech to the intentionally collaborative and ambitious environment it is today. Iain shares how his team worked to keep talent in the region when RIM went through a massive downfall, and how Communitech reviews their strategies yearly to adjust to this ever-changing community.
Dani Bazely
Alan sits down with Dani Bazely, Director of Marketing for Driverseat, as they discuss the innovative, award-winning business. The entrepreneurial opportunities that come from being a Driverseat franchisee are vast, as the business is scalable and has the potential to grow and expand in an ever-changing industry.
Lauren Lake
In this week's episode, Lauren Lake chats with Alan Quarry about the success of Bridgit Solutions and how they used Customer Insights to guide their product development and ultimately drive their success.
Jennifer Moss - Uncertainty
Listen in as Jennifer explains how we might find 'happiness’ and coping strategies in times of uncertainty and how to manage the feelings of grief and anxiety and replace them with hope and gratitude. She also touches on Post Traumatic Strength and Post Traumatic Growth which need to be in the forefront of our minds as we dig our way through this time.
Randy Frisch
Listen in to hear how your user experience may be the key to boosting those customer relationships, increasing demand and bringing in the revenue that you’ve been fumbling for.
Jennifer Moss - Happiness
Listen in as Jennifer explains what Happiness actually means, and how it’s translated into the workplace. And as a leader, how important it is to limit and help manage stress, in order to foster innovation and remain competitive. And the shifts might be really simple, you just don’t know what questions to ask!
Jim Estill
Jim is an engineer, a philanthropist, the president and CEO of not one but TWO companies currently, a humanitarian, an author, a creator, an innovator and he’s showing no signs of slowing down.
Lindsay Coulter
So often, in life, we think of success a certain way. What career we end up in, what home we own, what cars we drive all seem rather important when someone asks you to think about your future. But Lindsay took us down a very different road in this episode.
April Dunford
What is positioning? Is it actually still important in this day and age? The simple answer - Absolutely. But why? Find out as April Dunford highlights many of the key points found in her new book #ObviouslyAwesome
Michael Brenner
Alan and Michael chat about everything from Champion Leadership to the LEGO brand, the kindness rule to the Pelaton scandal that went down just before the holidays, and the underlying theme that ties all these things together - empathy.
Charlene Li
Charlene Li and Alan Quarry discuss how culture is the true engine of an organization, and the importance of culture coming from the top down. They also discuss Charlene’s movement of creating disruptive leaders that will go out and create exponential change.
Guy Kawasaki
Listen along as Guy shares about pursuing joy, not happiness, and building a meaningful life. Push your comfort zones and get ready for a wild - and wise - ride from the world’s Tech Marketing Guru, Guy Kawasaki.
Scott Gillum
Learn more about the practical applications of the autonomy of talent, future of work, and more as Scott and Alan put meaning to buzzwords.